In the summer, when the garden is in full production, I love to go through it and pick our meals. Whatever is ready goes into the recipe. So many great things are ready, and today's special is scarlet runner beans. These beans are a win-win in the garden on so many levels. Beautiful Scarlet runner ...
Growing Food
Growing Food – Potatoes
If you want to be growing food that you eat, grow potatoes. It is a high yield, easy to grow crop. Plus, potatoes store well for months. A must-have in the garden. We do not share the view that potatoes are bad for you, just because they are starchy. Potatoes are yummy and good for you. Since ...
Growing Food – Cabbage
Cabbage is a must have in the garden. It is one of those vegetables that can be grown no matter where you live. In warmer climates you can grow cabbage in the winter, and in cold climate it can be grown in the summer. If you want to grow food, then grow cabbage. Cabbage varieties Cabbage is a ...
Grow What You Eat and Eat What You Grow!
Gardening can be just about fun. Most often a just-for-fun garden is a flower garden, you grow it to enjoy it. However, sometimes even vegetable gardens are a bit like just-for-fun gardens. It is fun to grow things that look so interesting in a catalogue. But then what? Anyone with me? You grow this ...
Grow the Dirty Dozen Foods
With limited space and possibilities only a few of us can grow everything we eat. When choosing what to grow there are different approaches to it. In the past we mostly grew what grows well here and we have had success with it. After giving it some more thoughts I think we can do better than ...
Growing Food Without Owning a Speck of Land
This is the very first time in our 20+ marriage years that we own some land. Not much, just about 1/8 of an acre. We're so looking forward to Spring to get the garden started and grow some yummy food. However, as you know, this is not our first year of growing food. We have been growing food without ...
Fresh and Dry Basil in the Winter
Basil is a great culinary and medicine herb. Fresh and dry basil are both great to use. Not just the taste, but also the smell is unique. Fresh basil adds a summary smell and taste to any salad. A real treat in the middle of winter! Basil is traditionally used for supplementary treatment of ...
Anti-Cancer Foods: Go Cruciferous
There is no doubt that eating lots of fruits and vegetables, along with berries, nuts, seeds, etc. is healthy, but not all of them are equally protective against cancer. There is one family that is especially protective: the cruciferous (cabbage-family) vegetables. What is so special about ...
How To Grow and Use Ground Cherries
Ground Cherries, also known as cape gooseberries, are little orange fruits inside an attractive paper wrapper. The fruits fall from the plant when ripe, that’s why they are called Ground Cherries. Other than the shape and size of the fruits they have nothing common with cherries. They are actually a ...